Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Mark Spearing

Vice-President (Research & Enterprise)
Connect with Mark

Email: S.M.Spearing@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Stephen Turnock

Head of School
Research interests
  • decarbonisation of shipping
  • maritime robotics and ship autonomous systems
  • performance sport and sailing
Connect with Stephen

Email: S.R.Turnock@soton.ac.uk

Professor Anna Peacock

Professor of Photonics
Research interests
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Fibre optics
  • Silicon Photonics
Connect with Anna

Email: acp@orc.soton.ac.uk

Dr Michal Kalkowski PhD

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Non-destructive testing
  • Material characterisation and imaging with ultrasound
  • Guided waves
Connect with Michal

Email: M.Kalkowski@soton.ac.uk

Dr Bruce (Jun-Yu) Ou

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Metalens for imaging and metrology
  • AI for nanoimaging
  • Nano-optomechanics
Connect with Bruce (Jun-Yu)

Email: Bruce.Ou@soton.ac.uk

Dr Sergi Palleja Cabre

Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
  • Propeller interaction noise
  • Fan broadband noise
  • Duct acoustics
Connect with Sergi

Email: S.Palleja-Cabre@soton.ac.uk

Dr Siul Ruiz

Lecturer
Connect with Siul

Email: S.A.Ruiz@soton.ac.uk

Dr Felix Langfeldt BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Active/Passive Acoustic Metamaterials
  • Low-frequency Sound Insulation
  • Aircraft Cabin Noise Control
Connect with Felix

Email: F.Langfeldt@soton.ac.uk

Dr Sergio Araujo-Estrada BEng, MSc, PhD, MRAeS

Lecturer in Control and Robotics
Research interests
  • Autonomous vehicle dynamics (e.g., aircraft dynamics)
  • Flight control systems (e.g., VTOL aircraft control, nonlinear control methods, adaptive AI f…
  • Distributed sensing for aerospace systems (e.g., aerodynamic state estimation)
Connect with Sergio

Email: S.Araujo-Estrada@soton.ac.uk

Dr Silvia Motti

Associate Professor
Connect with Silvia

Email: silvia.motti@soton.ac.uk

Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer
Research interests
  • Medical Robotics (Micro/Nano Robotics, Soft Robotics)
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Wearable Devices
Connect with Rujie

Email: Rujie.Sun@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs